It’s the time of year when pockets that are emptied at the end of the day may hold many tiny treasures. Show me a child that doesn’t squirrel away an acorn here, a seashell there, and a lucky stone to place next to his or her lucky penny back home and I’ll feel sad. All children should collect little treasures when out in nature, whether it’s a tiny feather, a seed pod, or the perfectly intact exoskeleton of a c...

CHATHAM – Ellen Goldman started researching her family history about 10 years ago; she knew the names of her grandparents’ hometowns in Poland and she wanted to learn more about their upbringing. The journey that ensued is one that she could never have imagined. On Sept. 10, the Vatican held a beatification ceremony for the Ulmas, a Polish family of nine who were killed during World War II for housing eight me...

As I write, Hurricane Lee has decided to veer a bit to the east, hopefully sparing us the worst of his wrath. It’s a funny thing, writing something about an event that won’t be read until a week later. There’s a time and space disconnect between writer and reader in such moments. I have no way of knowing what a week will bring, or even a day. Will we lose power, have flooded roads, lots of erosion? On this ...

The sun rose over the dunes, a bright orange ball of fire. I was out early to avoid the predicted heat that would soon settle in over the sand, but it was still quite humid and warm. The marsh to my right was lit up in beautiful shades of green with a tinge of gold, allowing thoughts of autumn to creep in on what surely felt like a midsummer morn. Song sparrows scratched about beneath bayberry bushes heavil...

     Two great Wellfleet theaters — Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theater and the Harbor Stage Company — are coming together Sept. 22 through Oct. 14 to bring to the WHAT stage one of the most significant works of British playwright Harold Pinter, the 1978 play “Betrayal.”      Inspired by Pinter’s long-term extramarital affair with BBC presenter Joan Bakewell, which took place from 1962 to 1969, “Betrayal” explores ...

     The summer has come and gone, but that doesn’t mean there’s no place to go for a great night out.      On Sunday, Sept. 24 the Chatham Drama Guild will introduce the Club CDG Sunday Cabaret Series, an opportunity to not only enjoy great music in an intimate setting, but to get up and take the stage yourself with some of your favorite songs.      The inaugural evening of the three-evening series is called ...

Trout Unlimited – Cape Cod Chapter Women’s Fly Fishing Clinic Sept. 23 702 Main St. Chatham Community Center Chatham Sign up here: bonds7@comcast.net CapeCodTU.org        “ The last fly fishing clinic we had in Chatham was great,” said Robert Lewis, treasurer and spokesperson of the Trout Unlimited Cape Cod Chapter. Isn’t fly fishing a freshwater only sport? I asked naively. Lewis laughed. ...

The action in Suite 67D in “the best hotel in Washington, D.C.” could have been set in just about any decade of the last hundred or so years of our country’s history — including yesterday. It’s about bullies and democracy. And that’s why “Born Yesterday,” the classic by Garson Kanin being presented through Oct. 8 by the Chatham Drama Guild, holds up so well right now. It’s a good play performed by an excellent...

During the 1948 presidential campaign, President Harry S. Truman was giving a speech in Bremerton, Wash. attacking his Republican opponents, when a supporter yelled out, “Give ’em hell, Harry!” From then on, “Give ’em hell, Harry” became the rallying cry of Truman’s supporters. In 1975 playwright Samuel Gallu wrote “Give ’em Hell, Harry!” which became an award-winning one-man play and a film. “Give ’em Hell...

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     If you’re looking for a great night or afternoon out, you’re in luck as “Born Yesterday” takes the Chatham Drama Guild stage Sept 15 through Oct. 8. Performances will take place Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 4 p.m. With a cash bar and air conditioning, you can’t go wrong with the Drama Guild’s production of this much-loved screwball romantic comedy, directed by Anna Marie Johan...

     Get ready for an afternoon of unforgettable music as New England blues musician extraordinaire James Montgomery and his Blues Band hit the Harwich Cranberry Arts and Music Festival CranJam stage on Sunday, Sept. 17 from noon to 3 p.m. at the Harwich Community Center at 100 Oak St. Admission is free.      A true blues legend, for over 40 years Montgomery has shared his gifts as an accomplished blues ha...